AP Fact Check: What Trump said about Virginia protesters
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has defended his response to Saturday’s racially charged protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, in a winding, combative exchange with reporters that at times mischaracterized the message and purpose of the event.
Trump described the rally as largely over the removal of a Confederate monument, although an organizer billed it as pushback against the “anti-white climate.”
Trump also misstated his levels of political support in the 2016 election.
A look at Trump’s claims and the facts: